Shaggy
Cast & Crew
Robert Emmett Tansey
George Nokes
Brenda Joyce
Robert Shayne
Ralph Sanford
Alex Frazer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Soon after rancher Bob Calvin introduces his city-bred bride Laura to his mother Tessie and eight-year-old son Robbie, she shrieks at the sight of Robbie's pet raccoon. Realizing that Laura fears animals, Bob asks his son to remove the raccoon from the house. Despite Laura's repeated efforts to win Robbie's acceptance, the banishment of his pet raccoon causes Robbie to resent her presence. Later, Robbie nearly loses his dog Shaggy to a group of angry ranchers, led by Gonnell, who blame Shaggy for the death of their sheep. Bob and Robbie insist that Shaggy is innocent, and manage to prevent the ranchers from killing the dog. Meanwhile, Laura tries to mend her relationship with Robbie by befriending his raccoon. Robbie admires Laura's interest in his pet, but on his ninth birthday, he discovers that his raccoon has been poisoned, and immediately accuses Laura of killing him. Laura denies the accusation, and is heartbroken when she realizes that Bob also believes that she poisoned the raccoon. Later that night, Shaggy runs off with a white wolf, and the two animals are seen by a rancher near the site where two sheep were killed by a mountain lion. Shaggy attempts to defend the wolf when the mountain lion attacks her, and returns home covered with the wolf's blood. The following day, Gonnell and the other ranchers accuse Shaggy of the sheep-killing, but Bob, who does not know that Shaggy escaped from the house the night before, tells them that Shaggy was inside all night. After another sheep killing, Bob finds blood on Shaggy's fur and decides that the dog must be destroyed. Determined to save his dog, Robbie rescues Shaggy from the barn moments before Bob arrives with his rifle, and releases the dog into the wilderness. Bob fires his rifle at the running dog, but Shaggy escapes unharmed. Robbie then chases after Shaggy, and Laura, believing that Bob was being too harsh with his son, follows Robbie on horseback. Laura eventually finds Robbie, but while walking home, the two are threatened by the mountain lion. Things look bad for Laura and Robbie until Shaggy arrives and fights off the mountain lion. The lion nearly kills Shaggy, but Bob arrives in time to kill the animal. Evidence is later discovered implicating the mountain lion as the sheep killer, and Shaggy is cleared of all wrongdoing and allowed to return to the Calvins.
Director
Robert Emmett Tansey
Cast
George Nokes
Brenda Joyce
Robert Shayne
Ralph Sanford
Alex Frazer
Jody Gilbert
Dan White
William Haade
Shaggy
Crew
Ellis W. Carter
Wilton Holm
John Macneil
William Magginetti
Frank Mcwhorter
Howard Pine
William H. Pine
Maxwell Shane
Howard Smith
Ralph Stanley
F. Paul Sylos
William C. Thomas
Film Details
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Notes
The working title of this film was Me and My Dog. The opening credits include the following written statement: "This picture was photographed under the supervision and with the cooperation of the American Humane Association." Although the viewed print was black and white, contemporary reviews indicate that the picture was shot in color.
